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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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